Monday, September 24, 2012

BOOK SPOTLIGHT: Autumn Winds by Charlotte Hubbard

The leaves are falling
and there’s a chill in the air in Willow Ridge, Missouri, the quaint,
quiet Amish town where love, loyalty, and faith in the Old Ways are
about to be put to the test ...

Autumn Winds

Winds of change
are blowing through Willow Ridge, and they’re bringing a stranger to the
Sweet Seasons Bakery. At first, widowed Miriam Lantz has misgivings
about Ben Hooley, a handsome but rootless traveling blacksmith. But as
she gets to know the kind-hearted newcomer, she wonders if his arrival
was providential. Perhaps she could find love again—if only there
weren’t so many obstacles in the way. With Bishop Knepp relentlessly
pursuing her hand in marriage and the fate of her beloved café at stake,
Miriam must listen to God and her heart to find the happiness she longs
for and the love she deserves.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

I’ve
called Missouri home for most of my life, and most folks don’t realize
that several Old Older Amish and Mennonite communities make their home
here, as well. The rolling pastureland, woods, and small towns along
county highways make a wonderful setting for Plain populations—and for
stories about them, too! While Jamesport, Missouri is the largest Old
Order Amish settlement west of the Mississippi River, other communities
have also found the affordable farm land ideal for raising crops,
livestock, and running the small family-owned businesses that support
their families.

Like my heroine,
Miriam Lantz, of my new Seasons of the Heart series, I love to feed
people—to share my hearth and home. I bake bread and goodies and I love
to try new recipes. I put up jars and jars of green beans, tomatoes,
beets and other veggies every summer. All my adult life, I’ve been a
deacon, a dedicated church musician and choir member, and we hosted a
potluck group in our home for more than twenty years.

Like Abby
Lambright, heroine of my new Home at Cedar Creek series, I consider it a
personal mission to be a listener and a peacemaker—to heal broken
hearts and wounded souls. Faith and family, farming and frugality matter
to me: like Abby, I sew and enjoy fabric arts—I made my wedding dress
and the one Mom wore, too, when I married into an Iowa farm family more
than thirty-five years ago! When I’m not writing, I crochet and sew, and
I love to travel.

I recently moved to
Minnesota when my husband got a wonderful new job, so now he and I and
our border collie, Ramona, are exploring our new state and making new
friends.

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I am currently working as a elementary school librarian which I love. I enjoy sharing books on my blogs of which I have two (Geo Librarian and LDS and Lovin' it). I also review for School Library Journal.